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Derm · Australia

Dermatology Phone Problems: Reducing overflow traffic with AI Receptionist Automation

Marketing spikes or seasonal surges torch SLAs when there isn’t elastic coverage. Practices span multiple time zones and rely on locums, so after-hours coverage is messy. Cosmetic leads, MOHS patients, and biologic refills share limited lines.

Benchmarks we see after go-live

3x

more calls handled with same staff

-50%

overflow forwarding costs

+21%

more cosmetic consults kept

Why clinics feel the pain

Sudden spikes crash the phone tree
Multi-location groups can’t rebalance quickly
Leadership lacks data to justify headcount
High-ticket cosmetic callers hate voicemail
Clinical staff juggle prior auths with ringing phones
Queensland callers ring Victoria clinics overnight, flooding voicemail.

How MedReception AI fixes it

Elastic front desk capacity

Katie AI scales instantly, taking hundreds of concurrent calls so humans focus on escalations only.

Intent-based routing

Overflow rules push scheduling to AI while high-risk items immediately hit clinical teams.

Forecast-ready analytics

See which campaigns or seasons trigger overflow so you can staff proactively.

Australia coverage + compliance

AI reception handles triage 24/7, respecting state holidays and routing to the right on-call provider instantly.

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